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“I hurt you because I love you” – what did TV’s Silent Witness get right and wrong about the treatment of domestic violence in the family courts?

“I hurt you because I love you” – what did TV’s Silent Witness get right and wrong about the treatment of domestic violence in the family courts?

by Malvika Jaganmohan | Jan 27, 2020 | Comment

No one is ever going to give the BBC TV show Silent Witness any prizes for being particularly factually accurate (what do you MEAN forensic pathologists don’t actually run around solving crimes!?). But who cares, right? It’s good, dramatic telly. That was all well and...
Behind Closed Doors – ‘Best Interests’ review

Behind Closed Doors – ‘Best Interests’ review

by Polly Morgan | Jan 26, 2020 | Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Here is a story, based on reality. Esti is a Charedi woman, a member of a small, tight-knit group at the very religious end of Judaism. The mother of three children, she is left by her husband Yossi. After separation he becomes less observant, letting the children...
Legal divorce and amicable ancillaries

Legal divorce and amicable ancillaries

by Polly Morgan | Jan 25, 2020 | Cases, Comment, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Once, back when I was a full-time solicitor, I was telephoned for a divorce by a nice married couple. They were sitting at the kitchen table in one of their houses, having been separated for a number of years and each was happily living with a new partner. They were...
Sibling relationships in the care system

Sibling relationships in the care system

by reporting watch team | Jan 19, 2020 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch

This is a first post by Alexandra Wilson. Alexandra is a barrister specialising in Family and Criminal law at 5 St Andrew’s Hill. She tweets as @EssexBarrister. A recent podcast on BBC sounds by ‘File on 4’ focused on separated siblings in the care system.  One...
Losing Hope – Soaps and child protection storylines

Losing Hope – Soaps and child protection storylines

by Guest Post | Jan 17, 2020 | Comment, FCReportingWatch

This is a first post by Jack Harrison. Jack is a practising barrister at 18 St. John Street in Manchester and specialises in child law.  He tweets as @JackHarrison. Broadcasters have tremendous power when it comes to influencing public perceptions of the justice...
Interim privacy injunctions: a change in the rules to improve the recording of data

Interim privacy injunctions: a change in the rules to improve the recording of data

by Paul M | Jan 9, 2020 | Comment, Transparency News

In 2017 a new list was created in the Queen’s Bench Division, to be known as the Media and Communications List, and Mr Justice Warby, a media law specialist, was put in charge of it. The list was designed to deal with the broader range of media-related claims than was...
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